Title From Bourassa to Bourassa : wilderness to restoration / L. Ian MacDonald

Edition 2nd ed Published Montréal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 363 pages) : portraits Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection Contents Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1 “A Change May Be in the Order of Thingsâ€? -- 2 The Liberal Establishment: Picking Up the Pieces -- 3 “This Damn Word Irrevocableâ€? -- 4 Draft Ryan -- 5 Insider, Outsider -- 6 Scarves and Balloons -- 7 The Ryan Express -- 8 Observe, Judge, Act -- 9 Non Merci! -- 10 Yvette -- 11 Le oui et le non -- 12 The Cousins -- 13 Ryan and Trudeau: Two Hardheads -- 14 The Heirs of Lord Acton -- 15 Elliott: The Favorite Son -- 16 The Big Village: May 20, 1980 -- 17 The Silent Spring -- 18 Ryan: The Final Days 19 Bourassa Redux20 From Bourassa to Bourassa -- 21 Second Debut -- 22 Miracle at Meech Lake -- 23 Deal at Dawn -- 24 Such Good Friends -- 25 Annus Horribilis, 1990 -- Epilogue -- List of Interviewees -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "From Bourassa to Bourassa is a narrative history of the Quebec Liberal Party during its wilderness years after the 1976 election of the Parti Quebecois and its subsequent restoration in 1985." "First published to critical acclaim in 1984, From Bourassa to Bourassa, 2nd edition, updates the story with Bourassa's landslide election victory in 1985 and his subsequent role in the Meech Lake Accord and the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the two issues that largely defined the decade of the 1980s for Quebec and for Canada."--Jacket Notes Earlier edition published under title: From Bourassa to Bourassa : a pivotal decade in Canadian history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Bourassa, Robert, 1933-1996. SUBJECT Bourassa, Robert, 1933-1996 fast Subject Parti libéral du Québec. SUBJECT Parti libéral du Québec fast Subject HISTORY -- Canada -- General. HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- ) Politics and government Liberal Party (Québec) SUBJECT Canada -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019348 Canada -- Politics and government -- 1980- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019350 Subject Canada Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773570320 0773570322 1282860550 9781282860551 9786612860553 6612860553

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